Spring-wheel.



H. WEIDNER.

SPRING WHEEL.

MPLICATION FILED OCT. 28, 1913.

Patented Apr. 13, 1915.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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I Patented Apr. i3, 1915.

pintadas aleja esatti es, 1913. serial No. rentes.

' it kriin States, residinjat oline; inicie county 'of Co'coninoand me of Arizona, Ahave inventedy nev'v` and useful Improvements in SprinWheelS, ofv'vlnichk the following ifsl a speci 'cation This invention relates for automobiles, the object of the in vfention being' toprovide Wheel the construction of which will provide for theneces'sary resiliency or spring action' to enable the ordinary pneumatic tire noviT in common use to be dispensed with, the Wheelembodyin'g a novel construction and' arrangement of spokes land spring connections between the spokes and rim or telly of the wheel Whereby all'. jars and road shocks' are absorbed ibetore being transmitted to the axles and body of thel machine.

A further object of the inventionis to provide a novel form of tire which will provide a broad bearing surface u on the road and which will avoid all ten ency of the machine tol skid laterally when operated upon a slippery surface or in steerlnglthe machine in a cui'vedpath. s .l f

With the above and other objects in view,

combination and arrangement of arts,v as

illustrated and clairned.

In the accompanying drawin radialsection through the Wheel larged scale. Fig. 3 section through one Y on an'enisan enlargeddetall of th sprin asings and the rim and tire. Figa isa d gefalil perf spective View of one of the spokes.

Referring to the drawin s 1 designates the wheel hub, 2 the spo es 'and 3 the wheel rim or -felly In carrymg'out the present invention, the

hub 1 embodies a main section 4. and a mov` able' or separable section 5 ywhich is threaded.

on the main section 4: as shown at `6. The sections 4: and 5 are formed with undercut or dove-tailed spoke sockets? in which the v mner ends of the spokes 2 are received as .best illustrated in Eig.v 2, the innerend oiI each spoke being considerably greater in width than the outer end thereof and being' fvrmild in SMP?. e8, 5 es to ist; i1, time Wasser; A a citizen of tlieUnitd to spring-wheels pension spring lel which encircles the construction,-

gs: -Figure 1I portion Vof a vehicle Wheel to illustrates the;I application of the present invention thereto! Fig. 2 is a aps-illustrated in Fig.

y being substantially semieylindrical inl -cross tweenl the sections si time' were 7 in' which a is gsmeasy tightening the separable and threaded sec` tion 5 of the hub.I` Each spoke is formed assaw Fig.' a',

the' lain body of the spoke cofnsistin of a iat spring of steel. or sirnilar `rnateria ,said

spoke gradually njarrofviii'g'froni'itsinner toward its outer endend' the'"outer'end`p`or-` relation to therim 3 an .extends inwardly lfissecuredfin fixed i therefrom, rhseasi'ngio is internally" threaded asfindicatd at 11'. receive a bush ing :le uirugh which the portion 97er the spokeis adapted to slided Adjacent minettes' extfemaygesta stairs is" pioyid'ed with a collar'or Washer 13 forming a seat for the outer end of a coiled exthe outer endgofthe spoke as shown ...in Fig.' 3, ysaid springA being confined'between the shoulder vor collar 13 and the bushin'gl, p being held in. place by adetachabl'e pinl preferably threaded through al 'transverse opening in the extremity noi-the; portion'fQ ofthe spolre.' `.All of the sp'okesare mounted. in th'e samernanner ashereinabove describedlso .that thespring 'action'..o-all the spokes.

and the resistingV act 'jfontribute ion of all lthe springs 14 A to 4impart the'-rieeessary'resiliency tothewheel as a vWhole tofabsorb and take uphill-road shocks. A v

The tire is madeintvvo sections 16 and 17 2, each ofthe sections section and Said section slbe'in placed close to theopposite side edges .oft e rim 3.,leaving an intervening space or channel Hilbethus serving to prevent lateral orV side skidding ot the tires and en ablingthem to pack. ,down loose' material such asksanolland mud and therefore obtain a firm fo'otfhold/on theroad' -The tire sections'l arid'fllf will ordinarily be composed ot' rubber or a composition of rubber and in A addition yto the puncture-proof qualities of the tire-said tire. alsopformsa practically nonfskld constructionand produces a rela'- tive'1y widetractive vsurface which as Stated tends /to pack down the soft surface. of 'a road `Without'the tendency to sink in sand or dust or otherlightsurface material.;` This' gives increased lspeed to .i the Avehicle inthe the collar 1 3.

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.ffcaseofan automobile or'motor truck and 'plaes le'ssburden on the engine.

The simple manner in which the parts of, the wheel are combined renders it possible t0 replagce broken parts thereof such as spokes and suspension springs at the outer endsof the spokes.4 In case of the breakage of aspoke or one of the'springs 14, the spoke yor spring may be easily removed by removing the detachable section of the hub and l also removing the bushing or reducer 12 1 i above referred to.-

What I claim is: 5

Y stantial'ly. straight spokes each comprisingl 1,. A wheel comprising a' hub,va rim, tub'ularcasings carried by the rim and extending inwardly therefrom, and a series of suba longitudinally non-extensible transversely g 'flexible vsprin body.l vdisposed -edgewise transversel o tige wheel, the inner ..end of sa-id spoke eing attached tothe gub and the outer end ofsaid spoke being sli *"extremityy of said spoke, and a suspension l ablein one of said casings, a bushing fitted in said casing and ha'ving an opemng through which fthespoke is slldable, a collar on the outer spring interposed between said collar and bushing.

2. A wheel comprising a hub embodying separable sections, a rim, tubular casings 3ol lcasing and having an opening through which the outer end of the s oke slides, a collar on the outer extremity o said spoke, and a suspension spring interposed between said collar and bushing. 45

In-testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HAYES WEIDNER.

.Witnesses Jon T. GREENLAW, .TAYLOR CLARK.

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